Ooooh...in love with my new oztent rv5. I haven't tried it out (but plan to this weekend). At this stage I am still circling it and admiring it.

We are keen to add some side panels to it so that we can have the dog sleep under the awning with some protection from the wind/rain etc. I like the look of the peaked side panels but am worried that it will shorten up the awning a bit much. Does anyone have them or can tell me how much length they take off the awning (if any)?

I can't help with the peaked sides, but I do have a fly for my RV-2. It is great when the weather is chilly outside (probably less than 10 deg C) as it helps eliminate problems with condensation in the tent while sleeping. The fly also helps if you have no shade on a hot summer day in that it keeps the inside of the tent a little bit cooler by keeping the direct sunlight off the surface of the tent. It is pretty easy to put up and the fly can stay attached to the tent when it is packed up and put in its bag for traveling. It comes with two extra collapsable poles, ropes and pegs. I'd certainly recommend it if you were going to be staying somewhere for more than one night.

Thanks for the advice. I have picked up a fly and am still thinking about whether to get the sides, peaked sides, or deluxe screen room. I think the screen room looks good, just not sure yet about how easily it goes up...there doesn't seem to be much info on the oztent website.

Just thought maybe we could put the dog in the screen room and that way he'll be a bit more protected from snakes and creepy crawlies. I know I can hear the country dogs laughing...He has a sense of adventure but is not really a roughing it kind of dog

Our 49 klg dog use to live next to our awning, in a $15 kids tent. water proof enough, pop up. He went in and we pulled up just the fly screen, when he was bothered by fly,s during the day.I do not know how to paste a photo.Titch

titch wrote:Our 49 klg dog use to live next to our awning, in a $15 kids tent. water proof enough, pop up. He went in and we pulled up just the fly screen, when he was bothered by fly,s during the day.I do not know how to paste a photo.Titch

Just wanted to say, as usual, you guys were on the money with your advice. I ended up getting the fly and the screen room. As you said, the fly is good. I was kind of wrong about the screen room.

Don't get me wrong, it is good (as you would expect from oztent), but not really quite what I wanted. It takes a bit of putting together...two cross poles for the dome top and then four twist lock steel poles. It is very light. I'm sure it will come in handy for something but in terms of being able to bang it up quick like the oztent, it takes a bit more time. Being light I think you'd need to really peg it down well, especially in the wind.

Anyway, I picked up the peaked sides and yes, they are great! I should have listened to you all in the first place and saved myself $300 + .